"Are you all right? Can you keep up? Just follow the path I took..."
At this moment, Song Yuelin's loud shout came from not far away.
Seeing that Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning did not move, Song Yuelin thought for a moment, turned around, used his trekking pole to push aside the grass, walked back a few steps, and came in front of Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia.
"The bushes ahead are the densest. I hid in them twice without any problems. The three of us are a little crowded, but if we think of a way, we should be able to hide safely. You guys..."
As Song Yuelin was speaking, he saw Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning were both looking at him.
Yu Ning's expression remained the same as always, but Ji Mingxia's expression was a little unnatural. When they were talking before, Ji Mingxia met his gaze and the two of them communicated at eye level. But at this moment, after looking at him, Ji Mingxia looked away.
Song Yuelin keenly sensed that something was wrong. Seeing that dusk was getting closer, Song Yuelin asked directly, "What's wrong? Is there anything I can help you with?"
Ji Mingxia had long guessed that Song Yuelin was not a good person, but she did not expect him to be so cruel.
No matter how terrifying and terrible the ghost is, it can be seen with the naked eye.
Song Yuelin is different.
At this moment, he stood in front of Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, looking like a warm-hearted elder brother. Who would have thought that what he feasted on half an hour ago was actually human flesh...
This strong contrast caused Ji Mingxia to feel uncomfortable, but when Song Yuelin looked over, Ji Mingxia quickly concealed his emotions: "I'm just... a little nervous... I don't know what to do."
"Nervous?" Song Yuelin looked at Ji Mingxia suspiciously.
Ji Mingxia looked around. Although the forest was large, it was filled with trees and weeds. At first glance, if a person went into the weeds, his shadow would disappear.
But if you really hide in it, you will feel that there are loopholes everywhere, and you will be exposed in minutes as long as you look for it carefully.
"If we are three together and we are found... then all three of us will be in danger," Ji Mingxia said.
Song Yuelin felt a little relieved when he heard that. Looking at Ji Mingxia's young face, he comforted her, "Don't worry. I've hid in this place many times and nothing has ever happened. Even if we are unlucky today and are really found... before, there were so many of us and we didn't even try to hide. The ghost only killed one person at a time. It won't kill anyone now."
Song Yuelin said, shaking the grass around him with his trekking pole. He thought for a moment, then turned to Ji Mingxia and said, "If you're worried, you two can hide inside and I'll hide outside. Even if there's danger, I'll be the first to go. That should be fine, right?"
Ji Mingxia looked at Song Yuelin in surprise, not understanding what he was up to.
But since he said so, and seeing that the time was getting closer, the three of them did not delay any longer and quickly came to the hiding place that Song Yuelin had prepared long ago.
This place was actually not far from the business car, only about thirty meters away in a straight line. However, due to the dense branches and leaves in the middle and layers of obstacles, it was impossible to walk in a straight line. The three of them went around in a big circle before they could get in.
Song Yuelin kept his word and let Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning go in first.
In the end, Yu Ning was the first one to come in, Ji Mingxia hid in the middle, and Song Yuelin was the last one to hide.
The light in the forest is already dim, and the hiding place in the dense and lush vegetation is even darker.
Even at noon, it would be pitch dark in there, let alone at this time.
As the sun sets and day and night change, the entire forest seems to fall into a deep sleep.
Both Ji Mingxia and Song Yuelin stayed there quietly without moving, even their breathing was extremely light, not daring to make any noise.
The whole world was in deathly silence, and only in a slightly brighter place in the distance could one see the changes in light from the outside world.
The dim yellow of the setting sun unconsciously turned into a fiery red, shining through the branches and leaves like a column of light, overlapping with the darkness.
Ji Mingxia watched quietly, calculating the changes of time. He saw the red light and darkness entwined back and forth. Just as Ji Mingxia was about to look away and see farther, suddenly, he didn't know if it was his illusion, he suddenly found that the light in that area was slightly distorted.
Ji Mingxia was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly reacted the next second. Not far ahead, a strange black shadow had been standing there without him noticing.
With a "crunch", the sound of branches being crushed came from not far away.
The black shadow walked out slowly from the darkness with its back to Ji Mingxia, dragging its slightly heavy body forward step by step.
The entire forest was dead silent. In the stillness, only black shadows were moving back and forth.
With every step it took, the light twisted and its body enlarged slightly.
Not long ago, when Song Yuelin was explaining the cause of the incident to Ji Mingxia and Yu Ning, he showed Ji Mingxia a photo.
It was a dark shadow captured by a photographer named Lu Liang before he died.
The ghost was somewhat similar to the one Ji Mingxia encountered at school. Ji Mingxia was thinking that it was worthy of being a pair of rings because the styles were similar.
He was also prepared to face the same ghostly figure again.
However, what was beyond Ji Mingxia's expectations was that the ghost in front of him grew larger with every step forward. In the end, it no longer looked like a single human figure, but rather like three or four human bodies spliced together and overlapped.
The light around was too dim, and Ji Mingxia was at a distance from the ghost, so he could not see the ghost's full appearance.
It was not until the ghost completely walked out of the darkness, dragging its body back and forth, that Ji Mingxia could finally see the ghost's appearance clearly.
In stark contrast to the slender and thin ghost in the photo, the ghost in front of him was extremely burly and huge.
Its body was scarlet, with muscles and flesh faintly visible, and it looked like a skinned human body.
His limbs were much longer than those of normal people. In addition, the muscles in his shoulders and back were faintly wriggling.
As it walked, the sound of leaves being crushed could be heard continuously.
The ghost slowly moved its body and walked around the forest. At first glance, it looked like it was looking for a hiding human.
Ji Mingxia was fully prepared to see a female ghost, but he did not expect to be greeted by a giant ghost.
No wonder Lv Liang and Shi Wei were both killed by having their throats slit without realizing it.
Such a huge ghost, ordinary humans are just like little chicks in front of it, and it only takes a few minutes to kill it.
If the fear brought by ordinary ghosts comes from brutality and the unknown, then the fear brought by the ghosts in front of us comes more from the shock of power.
If Ji Mingxia were to comment, it didn't look like a ghost but more like a giant monster.
The monster moved back and forth slowly around as if patrolling its territory.
At first, Ji Mingxia was afraid that it would come over and was so nervous that he held his breath, but after a while, Ji Mingxia gradually discovered something strange.
Even though it was patrolling back and forth at a leisurely pace, why did it always have its back to Yu Ning and Ji Mingxia from beginning to end
As soon as this thought came to Ji Mingxia's mind, the next moment, he suddenly remembered something, was startled, and turned his head reflexively.
As expected, Yu Ning was just like him, staring at the monster in confusion, watching its every move.
Ji Mingxia didn't have time to think about it, his first reaction was to reach out and cover Yu Ning's eyes.
"You can't look, it's the law of attraction!" Ji Mingxia said in a low voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, a bright light suddenly appeared from somewhere and shone on Ji Mingxia's face.
Ji Mingxia was startled and reflexively covered his eyes with his other hand.
The sound of the monster moving suddenly disappeared at this moment.
The surroundings returned to dead silence. Ji Mingxia blocked the light with his hands and could not help but open his eyes slightly and look outside.
The monster, which had its back to them, swelled up again, and its head became triangular with a face appearing on each of the three sides, as if it was made up of three people.
Its entire body was blood red, and its eyes were filled with wriggling bloodshot. One of its faces was facing Ji Mingxia, its eyes fixed on Ji Mingxia.
It turned out that although it seemed to have its back to everyone, it was actually watching every direction. Every move of Ji Mingxia and others must have been noticed by it a long time ago.